The ornately colored sea anemone (uh-NEM-uh-nee) is named after the equally flashy terrestrial anemone flower. A close relative of coral and jellyfish, anemones are stinging polyps that spend most ...

A new look at the starlet sea anemone’s stinger gets right to the ... electron microscopy to reconstruct their three-dimensional structure. The work reveals the precise, step-by-step mechanics ...

Only ten species of sea anemones are known to host clownfishes ... influence fish behavior can help us understand the community structure as well as protect biodiversity near coral reefs from ...

This new exhibit includes a life-like rock structure ... including bat and ochre sea stars, along with sea urchins and sea anemones from California’s northern and southern coastal regions.

Cnidarians have a simple tissue structure consisting of two major ... time such techniques have been used to study symbiosis in sea anemones. The approach allowed the researchers to identify ...

There are thousands of different species of sea anemones in the ocean with some living as far deep as 32,000 feet. Anemones are marine invertebrates that are closely related to jellyfish.

Clownfish, a small orange and white species made famous by the “Finding Nemo” movies, have been found to shrink in order to ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding how anemonefish can live safely among sea anemones without being stung ...

Anemonefish form mutualistic relationships with the sea anemones they live in and these associations are not random: some species such as the yellow-tail anemonefish (Amphiprion clarkii ...

The starlet sea anemone (Nematostella vectensis) has impressive regenerative abilities, allowing it to grow a new head or foot if cut off. If sliced in half, each piece turns into a complete anemone.

Rory and Sandy head to the beach to look for sea anemones, whilst Chantelle meets a sea anemone expert on a night-time rockpool safari. Show more Gabi and Izzy want to find out all about sea ...